Fertility & birth rates in North Macedonia and United Arab Emirates

Fertility rate in North Macedonia vs United Arab Emirates chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in North Macedonia was 1.5 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.2 in the United Arab Emirates in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check North Macedonia vs the United Arab Emirates population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	North Macedonia	UAE
1960	3.83	6.5
1961	3.62	6.49
1962	3.5	6.49
1963	3.62	6.5
1964	3.56	6.49
1965	3.52	6.5
1966	3.43	6.5
1967	3.33	6.51
1968	3.22	6.53
1969	3.1	6.52
1970	3.01	6.52
1971	2.93	6.52
1972	2.87	6.5
1973	2.72	6.46
1974	2.7	6.41
1975	2.69	6.35
1976	2.62	6.29
1977	2.49	6.22
1978	2.42	6.15
1979	2.4	6.06
1980	2.36	5.95
1981	2.29	5.81
1982	2.29	5.66
1983	2.25	5.48
1984	2.24	5.3
1985	2.25	5.13
1986	2.25	5
1987	2.32	4.88
1988	2.32	4.77
1989	2.25	4.65
1990	2.27	4.51
1991	2.31	4.25
1992	2.28	4.09
1993	2.26	3.82
1994	2.23	3.76
1995	2.13	3.28
1996	2.06	3.06
1997	1.92	2.83
1998	1.89	2.77
1999	1.77	2.79
2000	1.86	2.73
2001	1.73	2.62
2002	1.79	2.54
2003	1.75	2.49
2004	1.52	2.38
2005	1.5	2.23
2006	1.46	1.96
2007	1.46	1.79
2008	1.47	1.52
2009	1.5	1.58
2010	1.6	1.57
2011	1.46	1.54
2012	1.5	1.53
2013	1.5	1.53
2014	1.5	1.48
2015	1.49	1.42
2016	1.5	1.37
2017	1.43	1.35
2018	1.42	1.29
2019	1.34	1.25
2020	1.31	1.29
2021	1.6	1.16
2022	1.6	1.15
2023	1.5	1.2
2024	1.5	1.21
2025	1.5	1.21
2026	1.51	1.21
2027	1.51	1.21
2028	1.51	1.22
2029	1.51	1.22
2030	1.52	1.23
2031	1.52	1.23
2032	1.52	1.24
2033	1.52	1.25
2034	1.52	1.25
2035	1.52	1.26
2036	1.53	1.26
2037	1.53	1.27
2038	1.53	1.28
2039	1.53	1.28
2040	1.53	1.28
2041	1.53	1.29
2042	1.53	1.29
2043	1.54	1.3
2044	1.54	1.3
2045	1.54	1.31
2046	1.54	1.31
2047	1.55	1.31
2048	1.55	1.32
2049	1.55	1.32
2050	1.55	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	North Macedonia	UAE
1960	37.7%	37.8%
1961	37.8%	36.7%
1962	37.6%	35.8%
1963	37.2%	35.1%
1964	36.7%	34.5%
1965	36.3%	33.9%
1966	35.8%	33.2%
1967	35.2%	32.1%
1968	34.7%	31.2%
1969	34.1%	30.6%
1970	33.5%	29.8%
1971	33%	29%
1972	32.6%	28.3%
1973	32.2%	27.8%
1974	31.7%	27.4%
1975	31.3%	27.2%
1976	30.9%	26.9%
1977	30.6%	26.8%
1978	30.3%	26.9%
1979	29.9%	27.1%
1980	29.5%	27.4%
1981	29.1%	28%
1982	28.8%	28.8%
1983	28.5%	29.5%
1984	28.3%	30.2%
1985	28.1%	30.7%
1986	27.8%	31.2%
1987	27.6%	31.2%
1988	27.4%	30.9%
1989	27.1%	30.3%
1990	26.9%	29.6%
1991	26.5%	28.8%
1992	26.1%	28.1%
1993	25.7%	27.4%
1994	25.5%	26.7%
1995	25.4%	25.9%
1996	25.1%	25.2%
1997	24.8%	24.3%
1998	24.4%	23.1%
1999	23.9%	22%
2000	23.4%	20.8%
2001	22.9%	19.8%
2002	22.5%	18.9%
2003	22.1%	18.3%
2004	21.7%	17.8%
2005	21.2%	17.5%
2006	20.8%	17.2%
2007	20.4%	17%
2008	20%	16.9%
2009	19.7%	16.9%
2010	19.3%	16.9%
2011	19%	16.8%
2012	18.8%	16.8%
2013	18.6%	16.8%
2014	18.3%	16.8%
2015	18%	16.8%
2016	17.8%	16.8%
2017	17.5%	16.8%
2018	17.4%	16.7%
2019	17.2%	16.6%
2020	17.2%	16.6%
2021	17.2%	16.5%
2022	17.2%	16.5%
2023	17.1%	16.3%
2024	16.8%	16.1%
2025	16.5%	16%
2026	16.2%	15.9%
2027	15.9%	15.9%
2028	15.6%	15.9%
2029	15.3%	15.9%
2030	14.9%	16%
2031	14.6%	16.1%
2032	14.3%	16.3%
2033	14%	16.5%
2034	13.7%	16.7%
2035	13.5%	16.9%
2036	13.3%	17.1%
2037	13.1%	17.3%
2038	13%	17.5%
2039	13%	17.7%
2040	13%	17.9%
2041	12.9%	18%
2042	12.9%	18.1%
2043	13%	18.2%
2044	13%	18.3%
2045	13%	18.3%
2046	13%	18.3%
2047	13%	18.3%
2048	13.1%	18.3%
2049	13.1%	18.2%
2050	13.1%	18.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.8% of the population in North Macedonia and 16.1% in the United Arab Emirates in 2024, compared to 26.9% and 29.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of North Macedonia and the United Arab Emirates compared.

Natural population change in North Macedonia vs United Arab Emirates by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.07% in North Macedonia and +0.93% in the United Arab Emirates. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	North Macedonia	UAE
1960	28,816	3,418
1961	27,846	3,657
1962	25,317	3,901
1963	28,124	4,157
1964	27,889	4,410
1965	28,564	4,675
1966	28,766	4,955
1967	28,401	5,264
1968	28,378	5,588
1969	27,464	6,138
1970	28,022	6,922
1971	28,010	7,839
1972	28,236	8,818
1973	28,032	9,822
1974	28,400	10,835
1975	28,983	11,859
1976	28,799	12,876
1977	27,410	15,787
1978	27,150	18,879
1979	27,096	21,987
1980	26,547	25,005
1981	25,689	27,560
1982	25,810	29,585
1983	24,690	31,480
1984	24,436	33,250
1985	24,167	34,855
1986	23,720	36,829
1987	24,359	37,741
1988	24,064	38,861
1989	22,912	40,148
1990	22,868	41,339
1991	23,387	41,409
1992	21,659	42,119
1993	20,797	41,324
1994	19,103	42,976
1995	17,239	38,685
1996	14,806	37,886
1997	12,979	38,207
1998	12,446	41,176
1999	10,489	46,198
2000	12,159	49,993
2001	10,174	52,789
2002	9,697	55,922
2003	8,900	59,118
2004	5,444	60,344
2005	4,011	60,046
2006	3,988	54,338
2007	2,974	55,048
2008	3,746	55,426
2009	4,309	66,521
2010	4,866	69,907
2011	3,100	73,496
2012	3,087	78,682
2013	3,653	82,977
2014	3,644	84,277
2015	2,294	85,044
2016	2,374	87,028
2017	1,329	89,382
2018	1,512	86,840
2019	-375	86,296
2020	-5,939	87,871
2021	-9,737	76,802
2022	-4,397	81,758
2023	-3,290	92,698

Maternal mortality chart: North Macedonia vs United Arab Emirates

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 3 deaths per 100,000 live births in North Macedonia, compared to 3 deaths in the United Arab Emirates.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	North Macedonia	UAE
1985	17	19
1986	16	19
1987	15	19
1988	16	19
1989	14	19
1990	16	19
1991	15	19
1992	14	19
1993	14	19
1994	13	19
1995	13	18
1996	14	16
1997	13	14
1998	13	12
1999	12	10
2000	11	8
2001	9	7
2002	10	5
2003	8	5
2004	8	4
2005	7	4
2006	7	3
2007	7	3
2008	6	3
2009	6	3
2010	5	3
2011	5	4
2012	5	4
2013	5	4
2014	4	3
2015	4	3
2016	4	3
2017	4	3
2018	3	3
2019	3	3
2020	7	6
2021	12	6
2022	3	2
2023	3	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.33% in North Macedonia and 0.5% in the United Arab Emirates. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	North Macedonia	UAE
1960	-	20.1%
1961	-	19%
1962	-	18%
1963	-	16.9%
1964	-	15.8%
1965	-	14.8%
1966	-	13.7%
1967	-	12.6%
1968	-	11.6%
1969	-	10.6%
1970	-	9.62%
1971	-	8.72%
1972	-	7.89%
1973	-	7.12%
1974	-	6.43%
1975	-	5.8%
1976	-	5.23%
1977	-	4.7%
1978	-	4.22%
1979	-	3.78%
1980	-	3.4%
1981	5.79%	3.06%
1982	5.53%	2.77%
1983	5.25%	2.52%
1984	5.06%	2.31%
1985	5%	2.12%
1986	4.91%	1.97%
1987	4.69%	1.83%
1988	4.36%	1.71%
1989	4.01%	1.61%
1990	3.7%	1.51%
1991	3.46%	1.43%
1992	3.3%	1.37%
1993	3.13%	1.31%
1994	2.85%	1.26%
1995	2.45%	1.21%
1996	2.12%	1.18%
1997	1.93%	1.15%
1998	1.83%	1.12%
1999	1.73%	1.09%
2000	1.59%	1.07%
2001	1.48%	1.05%
2002	1.43%	1.03%
2003	1.43%	1.01%
2004	1.42%	1%
2005	1.37%	0.98%
2006	1.3%	0.96%
2007	1.23%	0.94%
2008	1.17%	0.92%
2009	1.1%	0.9%
2010	1.04%	0.88%
2011	1%	0.86%
2012	1.02%	0.84%
2013	1.07%	0.82%
2014	1.11%	0.79%
2015	1.13%	0.77%
2016	1.08%	0.73%
2017	0.97%	0.7%
2018	0.83%	0.67%
2019	0.7%	0.63%
2020	0.59%	0.6%
2021	0.5%	0.56%
2022	0.41%	0.53%
2023	0.33%	0.5%